Gerry Cheevers

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CanadaCanada  Gerry Cheevers Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1985
Gerry Cheevers
Date of birth December 7, 1940
place of birth St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1956-1961 Toronto St. Michael's Majors
1961-1965 Rochester Americans
1965-1972 Boston Bruins
1972-1976 Cleveland Crusaders
1976-1980 Boston Bruins

Gerald Michael "Gerry" Cheevers (born December 7, 1940 in St. Catharines , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who was active between 1961 and 1980 in the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association .

Career

Cheever's professional ice hockey career began in 1956 at the age of 16 with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors in the Ontario Hockey Association . The Toronto Maple Leafs owned the rights to the talented youngster before he was drafted by the Boston Bruins in 1965 . He played on various farm teams for six years until he became the goalkeeper of the Bruins in 1967 . In 1970 and 1972 he won the Stanley Cup with Boston , and in the 1971/72 season he set a new record with 33 unbeaten games in a row.

Gerry Cheever's trademark became his unusual, stitched face mask, which he wore at every game since a face hit in training. The mask was created when his trainer Harry Sinden caught him in the cabin with a beer and a cigarette after this incident. Sinden ordered the uninjured Cheevers to go back on the ice, team coach John Forestall then painted a scar on the mask for fun. Every time Cheevers was hit similarly, a new seam was added, quickly making the mask the most famous in the NHL.

In the fall of 1972, Gerry Cheevers moved to the World Hockey Association , where he was three and a half seasons for the Cleveland Crusaders on the ice and was selected several times in one of the two All-Star teams.

In 1976 , the goalie returned to the Bruins due to financial disagreements with Cleveland, for whom he was on the ice until the end of his career after the 1979/80 season. After his active career, he acted as coach of the Boston Bruins for four and a half years, until 2006 he was active as a scout for the team.

In his NHL career, Gerry Cheevers only conceded 2.89 goals per game, in a total of 419 NHL appearances he was the winner 230 times and reached 26 shutouts . He also occupies second place in the eternal WHA statistics with the lowest rate of goals conceded and the most shutouts, even though he only completed half of all WHA seasons.

International

Gerry Cheevers played several games for the Canadian national ice hockey team , including the 1974 Summit Series and the 1976 Challenge Cup . He also competed with the NHL All Star Team at the 1979 Challenge Cup against the Soviet selection .

Season statistics

   
season team league GP W. L. T MIN GA SO ATM
1956/57 Toronto St. Mike's OHA 1 0 0 0 60 4th 0 4.00
1957/58 Toronto St. Mike's OHA 1 0 0 0 60 3 0 3.00
1958/59 Toronto St. Mike's OHA 6th 0 0 0 360 28 0 4.67
1958/59 Toronto St. Mike's OHA 36 18th 13 5 2160 111 5 3.08
1959/60 Toronto St. Mikes OHA 36 18th 13 5 5 3.08
1960/61 Toronto St. Mikes OHA 30th 12 20th 5 2 3.18
1960/61 Toronto St. Mikes OHA 9 7th 2 0 1 2.33
1961/62 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 5 2 2 1 0 4.20
1961/62 Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds EPHL 29 13 13 3 1 3.55
1961/62 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 1 1 0 0 3.00
1961/62 Rochester Americans AHL 19th 9 9 1 1 3.63
1962/63 Rochester Americans AHL 19th 7th 9 3 1 3.95
1962/63 Sudbury Wolves EPHL 51 17th 24 10 4th 4.15
1963/64 Rochester Americans AHL 66 38 25th 2 4359 195 3 2.84
1964/65 Rochester Americans AHL 72 48 21st 3 5 2.68
1965/66 Boston Bruins NHL 7th 0 4th 1 0 6:00 am
1965/66 Oklahoma City Blazers CPHL 30th 16 9 5 3 2.49
1966/67 Boston Bruins NHL 22nd 5 10 6th 1284 72 1 3.33
1966/67 Oklahoma City Blazers CPHL 26th 14th 6th 5 1 2.80
1967/68 Boston Bruins NHL 47 23 17th 5 2646 125 3 2.83
1968/69 Boston Bruins NHL 52 28 12 12 3112 145 3 2.80
1969/70 Boston Bruins NHL 41 24 8th 8th 2384 108 4th 2.72
1970/71 Boston Bruins NHL 40 27 8th 5 2400 109 3 2.73
1971/72 Boston Bruins NHL 41 27 5 8th 2420 101 2 2.50
1972/73 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 52 32 20th 0 3144 149 5 2.84
1973/74 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 59 30th 20th 6th 3562 180 4th 3.03
1974/75 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 52 26th 24 2 3076 167 4th 3.26
1975/76 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 28 11 14th 1 1570 95 1 3.63
1975/76 Boston Bruins NHL 15th 8th 2 5 900 41 1 2.73
1976/77 Boston Bruins NHL 45 0 4th 46 0 4th 1
1976/77 Boston Bruins NHL 45 30th 10 5 2700 137 3 3.04
1977/78 Boston Bruins NHL 21st 10 5 2 1086 48 1 2.65
1978/79 Boston Bruins NHL 43 23 9 10 2509 132 1 3.16
1979/80 Boston Bruins NHL 42 24 11 7th 2479 116 4th 2.81

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Achievements and Awards

Trivia

  • The Canadian punk band Chixdiggit released Chixdiggit on their first album in 1996 ! a song called "I feel like Gerry Cheevers (Stitch Marks on My Heart)," which was covered in 1997 by Cheeky Monkey .
  • To this day it is rumored that Cheevers once signed a contract that allowed him to drink beer during the third breaks, but the goalkeeper denies this to this day.

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personal data
SURNAME Cheevers, Gerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cheevers, Gerald Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Catharines , Ontario